BalancEdTech - Learning to Learn AASSA

Sara Wilkie I @sewilkie
#AASSA18

Learning to Learn: the 'Why Bother?' of Documentation and Reflection

“We don’t learn from our experiences, we learn from reflecting on our experiences.” – John Dewey
This session supports preschool learners through adult learners. Participants will develop their individual roadmaps for implementing documentation and reflection on a daily basis. Discussion and examples of successful efforts will be the focus of the session. The key elements of documentation and reflection include the meta-cognitive skills of:

Questioning as a guide for learning
Reflecting on effort and achievement
Self-monitoring and self-assessment
Sharing learning with the world

Welcome

Dear Me

Getting Started

Airplane Activity

Digging In

Reflection

Sharing & Synthesizing Ideas
Team Roles
Iterative Process
Role of Documentation & Reflection

Digging Deeper: What's the Why-Buy?
Collecting vs. Connecting Dots

Questions as a Guide for Learning (getting meta with documentation & reflection)

Metacognition, Nurturing Self-Awareness in the Classroom, Edutopia

What was easiest for me to learn about this task? Why?
What was more difficult? Why?
What study strategies worked for me? What didn't? What will I do differently?
Who am I as a learner?
What are my learning strengths?
What areas challenge me?

Self-Monitoring & Assessment

Effort & Achievement rubric, Marzano
Documentation & Reflection Prompts
Documenting in multi-media (audio, still images, video, text...)
- What, When, How, Why Bother? (in the context of my own learning)
Learner Questions for Critical Content, J. Hattie
- What are our learning targets?
- What are today's goals?
- What do I already understand that will help me achieve these goals?
- What actions will I need to take to ensure I achieve these goals?
- What evidence might I collect to inform my next steps?